Lilacamy's Corydoras Log

[lilacamy931]

Thanks sweets

Im a little excited this morning as I believe I have seen my first T position or at least close to it from the unlikeliest of my cories, the caudimaculatus (they are the shyest I have). They generally are lurkers on the bottom and only real times I see them is during friskiness.

This morning a female and what I assume is a male (as he is muc smaller and thye are fully grown) have been panning the glass next to and infront of the filter (good aeration presume) and the male keeps nudging the female in the side and tickling her. She keeps shimmying but cant see any eggs underneath (keeping a good distance not to disturb and also have bad eyesight ) I dont often get to see the action but this has chirped me up this morning, unfortunately off to work soon so will have to hope they lay the eggs out of reach of anyone else

 

[Harlequins]

Fab news here's to them spawning today

 

[lilacamy931]

Well my bronze have spawned today, there was mishaps as only 5 eggs retrieved the others were either really hungry or they got crushed. But still 5 egglets x

 

[lilacamy931]

Sad news Im afraid. A week ago I spent a long time adjusting my little cory fry to the cube tank as he was almost the size of a habrosus and thought he needed the swimming space. I saw him twice during the week and thought all was well, found him dead just now. (Believe it is him due to the patterns on the tail and lack of eye patch). Unsure what happened as all the rest are fine..I thought it was a dead panda at first but now pretty sure it was him..he would have been 14 weeks this weekend. When testing the water there was slight ammonia, so have done a good water change and presume this was from the dead body.

 

[Harlequins]

So sorry to hear wee juvi has died

 

[Inchworm]

Hi lilacamy931,

So sorry to learn about your loss.

 

[mr130gallon]

which species was the baby?

 

[lilacamy931]

Thanks guys xx

It was the caudimaculatus x

 

[lilacamy931]

A small update guys, believe the pandas have attempted breeding recently. One is certainly a larger lady and found two random eggs the other day that were loose and the community fish had not got to. Both the habrosus and pandas as well as the lamps and galaxies are all in frisky mooods so who knows Did also find two extra tiny eggs that seem to be developing but only time will tell as they are sooo small (could be habrosus but suspect the rabsoras perhaps)

All the cories are doing well, the recent additions of scultzei have grown and fed well from their minute sizes. my current cory tank lists run like this:
6 Caudimaculatus
6 Bronze giants
6 Black Schultzei
10 Gold Peru
5 Habrosus
4-5 Pandas (really cant remember it is a forest in there )

The bronzes breed on occasion, the caudis have spates but gone sulky, hope the golds will be ready soon, the pandas and perhaps habrosus have seemingly started. All healthy and comical in their own ways

 

[Harlequins]

All those yummy cories

I hope the eggs hatch for you xx